[Athen] reading Japanese in NVDA or JAWS

[Howard Kramer]

Thanks George. But I guess there's no easy way to read Japanese characters
and words with the standard JAWS program.

-Howard

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 8:17 AM, George Kerscher <kerscher at montana.com>
wrote:


> Hi,

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> There is a specific  version of JAWS that was developed for the Japanese

> market. I know the developer. I woill send you Jun’s email off list.

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> Best

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> George

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:58 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network

> *Subject:* [Athen] reading Japanese in NVDA or JAWS

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> Hello All:

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> I've been testing a web-based Japanese placement exam in NVDA and JAWS,

> with the Firefox and I.E. browser respectively.

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> The ISO Japanese characters seem to be there but they are just read as

> either "Japanese character" or "Japanese," respectively, in each

> screenreader. The Japanese words are tagged with the proper lang attribute.

> I'm assuming that the Japanese in the exam is accessible, I just need to

> tweak the screenreader settings or load a Japanese capable synthesizer.

> I've tried to figure this out through the NVDA & JAWS help and website but

> haven't found the answer. Any help anyone can provide would be appreciated.

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> Thanks,

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> Howard

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